I was going to write about coronavirus in Italy and include a geography lesson about the Italian peninsula at the same time—where the epicentre of the disease is in the north in relation to Tuscany well to the south over … Continue reading →
Where you lay your head at night on a tour can make or break your holiday. When you come on one of my tours, you’ll be staying in the Italian countryside in accommodation owned by Italians. Usually there’s a family … Continue reading →
The other day in Lucca a couple of women stopped me and asked: ‘Doe-vay an-fee-tay-atro squa-ray?’ I got ‘Where is amphitheatre’, but I couldn’t figure out ‘squa-ray’. I knew they weren’t Italian, but I didn’t think they were native English … Continue reading →
